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Acanthodiscus radiatus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Neocomitidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites radiatus was named by Bruguiére (1792). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Acanthodiscus.

It was corrected as Ammonites radiata by Bruguiére (1792); it was recombined as Acanthodiscus radiatus by Imlay (1940), Haas (1960), Reboulet (1996), Klein (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1792Ammonites radiata Bruguiére p. 42
1792Ammonites radiatus Bruguiére p. 42
1840Ammonites radiatus d'Orbigny
1940Acanthodiscus radiatus Imlay p. 163 figs. Pl 19, fig 2
1960Acanthodiscus radiatus Haas p. 42
1996Acanthodiscus radiatus Reboulet p. 126 figs. Pl 14, figs 12,17; pl 15, fig 6
2005Acanthodiscus radiatus Klein p. 367

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyNeocomitidaeSalfeld 1921
subfamilyNeocomitinaeSalfeld 1921
genusAcanthodiscusUhlig 1905
speciesradiatus(Bruguiére 1792)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Acanthodiscus radiatus Bruguiére 1792
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Diagnosis
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